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National evaluation of general practice-based purchasing of maternity care : preliminary findings

Author:

King's Fund, Page, Lesley, Macleod, Linda, Young, Gavin, Wyke, Sally, Piercy, James, Posnett, John, and Hewison, Jenny

Publication date:

1998

Abstract:

Many of the potential pitfalls of increasing purchaser plurality in the NHS are relevant in planning and developing general practitioner led locality commissioning. However, this involvement in commissioning or purchasing maternity care may actually provide the 'bite' necessary to move reluctant provider trusts more quickly towards services which meet the ...